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Originally Posted by KingOfFelt
And yeah, the selection in Canada is BRUUUUUUTAL. Anyone know why it is so bad? Is it CRTC issues, cost or does Netflix just not give a ****?
None of the above. It's a licensing issues. It's the same reason we've never been able to access Hulu or watch streaming television shows directly from the US network websites.
For example... The Lord of the Rings is distributed in the US by New Line Cinema so Netflix has an agreement with New Line that allows them to offer the movie. In Canada LoTR is distributed by Alliance Films. Netflix doesn't have a relationship with Alliance so they can't offer the movie. This is the case with pretty much every movie or television show.
The question is whether or not Netflix will make the effort to hammer out agreements with these distributors.